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'''Arthur Leonard Rubin''' (born 1956){{cn}} is an American mathematician and [[aerospace engineer]]. He was named a [[William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition|Putnam Fellow]] on four consecutive occasions from 1970 to 1973.
==Life and career==
Rubin's mother was Jean E. Rubin, a professor of mathematics at [[Purdue University]], and his father, was Herman Rubin, a professor of [[Statistician|statistics]] at the same university.<ref>{{cite journal |editor-first=Dinah L. |editor-last=McClure |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Obituary: J.E.H. Rubin |year=2002 |journal=Sequel |issue=38 |pages=2 |url=http://www.science.purdue.edu/Sequel/sequel%2038.pdf |accessdate=2006-04-25 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060902184206/http://www.science.purdue.edu/Sequel/sequel%2038.pdf |archivedate=2006-09-02}}</ref> RubinArthur co-authored his first paper with his mother in 1969 at the age of 13.<ref>{{cite journal |first1=A. L. |last1=Rubin |first2=J. E. |last2=Rubin |last-author-amp=yes |year=1969 |title=Extended operations and relations on the class of ordinal numbers |journal=[[Fundamenta Mathematicae]] |volume=65 |issue=2 |pages=227–242 |url=http://pldml.icm.edu.pl/pldml/element/bwmeta1.element.bwnjournal-article-fmv65i1p23bwm}} (Please note that the default language of the webpage is Polish, but it could be changed to English by changing the language option on the upper right)</ref> He earned his [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] at the [[California Institute of Technology]] in 1978, under the direction of [[Alexander S. Kechris]].<ref name="rubin">{{MathGenealogy|id=10490}}</ref>
Rubin unsuccessfully stood as a [[Libertarian Party of California|Libertarian]] to represent the 55th district in the [[California State Assembly election, 1984|1984 California State Assembly elections]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Ward |first=Mike |title=Most Senators, Assemblymen Unchallenged |publisher=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=June 3, 1984 |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/676835132.html?dids=676835132:676835132&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jun+03,+1984&author=&pub=Los+Angeles+Times&desc=Most+Senators,+Assemblymen+Unchallenged&pqatl=google |subscription=yes}} [http://search.proquest.com/docview/676835132/ Alternate Link] via [[ProQuest]].</ref>
== Awards and honors ==
As an [[Undergraduate education|undergraduate]], Rubin was named a Putnam Fellow on four occasions, the first time in 1970, aged 14, making him the youngest Fellow to date.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-first=Gerald L. |editor1-last=Alexanderson |editor1link=Gerald L. Alexanderson |editor2-first=Leonard F. |editor2-last=Klosinski |editor3-first=Loren C. |editor3-last=Larson |title=The William Lowell Putnam Mathematical Competition Problems and Solutions 1965–1984 |publisher=[[Mathematical Association of America]] |date=1985 |pages=141–142 |isbn=0-88385-463-5 |oclc=55235548 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |quote=Individual Putnam Fellows: Arthur L. Rubin, California Institute of Technology |website=[[Mathematical Association of America]] |title=The Mathematical Association of America's William Lowell Putnam Competition |url=http://www.maa.org/awards/putnam.html |accessdate=2006-04-25 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060421093143/http://www.maa.org/awards/putnam.html |archivedate=21 April 2006 |deadurl=no |date=<!--undated--> |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=Joseph |last=Gallian |authorlink=Joseph Gallian |title=The Putnam Competition from 1938-2009 |url=http://www.d.umn.edu/~jgallian/putnam06.pdf |accessdate=2015-09-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091013085917/http://www.d.umn.edu/~jgallian/putnam06.pdf |archive-date=2009-10-13 |deadurl=yes |date=<!--undated-->}}</ref> In 1972, he tied for third place in the first [[United States of America Mathematical Olympiad|USA Mathematical Olympiad]].<ref>{{cite journal |last=Greitzer |first=S |title=The First U.S.A Mathematical Olympiad |journal=[[American Mathematical Monthly]] |volume=80 |issue=3 |pages=276–281 |publisher=[[Mathematical Association of America]] |date=March 1973 |doi=10.2307/2318449 |jstor=2318449}}</ref>
In 1974, Rubin was the subject of an article in the ''[[Madison Capital Times]]'', in which his Caltech undergraduate advisor iswas quoted as saying that someone of Rubin's ability appeared in the United States "about once in every ten years".<ref name=lat-1974may13>{{cite news |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/doc/157440937.html |title=Caltech Math Whiz |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=May 13, 1974 |pages=D1-D2 |last=Stingley |first=Jim |subscription=yes}} [http://search.proquest.com/docview/157440937/ Alternate Link] via [[ProQuest]]. Reprinted and slightly altered in [[Madison Capital Times]] on July 6 1974</ref>
== Publications ==
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